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B GANAPATHISUBRAMANI - Secondary currents in turbulent flows over rough walls

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Bharath Ganapathisubramani

Professor of Experimental Fluid Mechani
Other researchers

Dr Davide Lasagna

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Applications of dynamical systems theory to fluid turbulence
  • Flow instability, optimisation and control
  • Model order reduction

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Group

Our group undertakes research on fundamental fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, flow control, flight dynamics and aeroacoustics.

Research outputs

Linearized Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes model for the prediction of secondary flows on heterogeneous surfaces
Gerardo Zampino
, 2023
Type: thesis
Scaling of secondary flows with surface parameters: a linear approach
Gerardo Zampino,
Davide Lasagna,
& Bharathram Ganapathisubramani
, 2023 , International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow , 102
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2023.1091
Type: article
Defining an equivalent homogeneous roughness length for turbulent boundary layers developing over patchy or heterogeneous surfaces
N. Hutchins,
B. Ganapathisubramani,
M.P. Schultz,
& D.I. Pullin
, 2023 , Ocean Engineering , 271
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113454
Type: article
Linearised Reynolds-averaged predictions of secondary currents in turbulent channels with topographic heterogeneity
Gerardo Zampino,
Davide Lasagna,
& Bharathram Ganapathisubramani
, 2022 , Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 944
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.478
Type: article